Mr. Pradeep Kumar: New MD (Corporate Banking) of SBI

The Country’s biggest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) appointed Mr. P.Pradeep Kumar as its Managing Director and group executive in charge of corporate banking. The seat was lying vacant as of Ms. Arundhati Bhattarcharya became the Chairman of SBI in October 2013.
Previously, Mr. Kumar was the deputy managing director and group executive of the corporate banking group of SBI, which looks after corporate accounts and project finance of the bank.  The other three managing directors are K Krishna Kumar (national banking), Hemant Contractor (global banking) and A Vishwanathan (subsidiaries and associates).
Note: The top management at SBI consists of a chairman, four managing directors, over a dozen deputy managing directors and about 35 chief general managers.

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2014